The Mississippi.
Mississippi
the importance of Mississippi River is more touristic for the Vicksburg.
Vicksburg is on the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg was so important because you had to control that city to control the Mississippi River, other wise no matter what else the union controlled, the Mississippi was worthless.
The capture of Vicksburg would yield the North control of the entire course of the river and thus enable it to isolate those Confederate states that lay west of the river from those in the east.
Vicksburg was the "Gibraltar of the Mississippi."
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
That would be the Siege of Vicksburg.
Vicksburg. It split the Confederacy in two, isolated the forces to the West of the river, and denied the enemy the use of this important waterway for the movement of men and materials. By ending the war in the Western theatre, it released Grant for important work in Tennessee.===================================================Falling to the Union forces after a 40 day siege, the Confederate defeat at Vicksburg is considered a major turning point in the Western theater of the Civil War. When the Confederate garrison surrendered their fortifications on July 4th, 1863, the Union military gained complete control of the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi River lies directly west of Vicksburg's location. The city actually overlooks the river.
It gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River
The battle of Vicksburg was fought over the Mississippi river. The river was a large area for trade.
The Siege of Vicksburg was fought in the vicinity of Vicksburg, MS.